Industrial Heat Pumps
Industrial Heat Pumps
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Hi all,
I recently read a paper on industrial heat pumps by the DOE for applications other then just environmental heating/cooling.
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/32/31234.pdf
The paper whet my appetite for possible applications of the technolgy and I started playing around with some numbers. I found one application in the 15 MMBTU range taking a low heat-grade effluent stream to heat another stream which currently uses a steam heat exchanger.
Based on steam and electricity costs and a 0.5*COP efficiency the closed cycle mechanical system would have some signifigant savings.
The question then comes to how much is the capital cost of this system which the paper gave a very large range ($50,000-$200,000 MMBTU).
The paper also says that these projects are all custom built.
Who are the top three or four suppliers for equipement for this type of application in this size range? My search of google didn't turn up to many leads.
Best Regards
I recently read a paper on industrial heat pumps by the DOE for applications other then just environmental heating/cooling.
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/32/31234.pdf
The paper whet my appetite for possible applications of the technolgy and I started playing around with some numbers. I found one application in the 15 MMBTU range taking a low heat-grade effluent stream to heat another stream which currently uses a steam heat exchanger.
Based on steam and electricity costs and a 0.5*COP efficiency the closed cycle mechanical system would have some signifigant savings.
The question then comes to how much is the capital cost of this system which the paper gave a very large range ($50,000-$200,000 MMBTU).
The paper also says that these projects are all custom built.
Who are the top three or four suppliers for equipement for this type of application in this size range? My search of google didn't turn up to many leads.
Best Regards





RE: Industrial Heat Pumps
I have used heat pumps for domestic water, boiler feedwater and processes that don't require very high temp water.
RE: Industrial Heat Pumps
These are essentially a "regular" refrigeration system, using a refrigerant that can accomodate high emperatures and reasonable pressures.
RE: Industrial Heat Pumps